TY - BOOK AU - Doherty,Daniel AU - Etzioni,Amitai TI - Voluntary simplicity: responding to consumer culture T2 - Rights and responsibilities SN - 0742520668 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - BJ1496 .V65 2003 U1 - 178 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Simplicity N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface / Daniel Doherty. Introduction: Voluntary Simplicity-- Psychological Implications, Societal Consequences / Amitai Etzioni. HUMAN WANTS, HUMAN GOODS : A Theory of Human Motivation / A. H. Maslow -- Wealth and Happiness: A Limited Relationship / David G. Myers -- Consuming for Love / Edward N. Luttwak -- The Problem of Over-Consumption-Why Economists Don't Get It / Juliet Schor -- Achieving Collective Well-Being through Greater Simplicity: A Simple Proposal / Robert Frank. SIMPLICITY THROUGHOUT HISTORY Early American Simplicity: The Quaker Ethic / David Shi -- Simple Needs / Charles Wagner -- The Value of Voluntary Simplicity / Richard B. Gregg -- Voluntary Simplicity: A Movement Emerges / Duane Elgin and Arnold Mitchell. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES : Conspicuous "Simplicity" / David Brooks -- The Liberating Role of Consumption and the Myth of Artificially Created Desires / James B. Twitchell ER -